Welcome
to the Austin County,
TXGenWeb Project site! My name is Jane Kepplerand I am the County Coordinator for Austin County. If you have an interest in
helping to maintain this site, please email me. I am looking for
volunteers.

While visiting the site I hope that you will
find valuable
information to aid in your research for families in Austin County.This site is part of the
TXGenWeb
Project
& USGenWeb
Project. All information on this site is
FREE
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the information to be contributed to this
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I must thank the previous
coordinators, Joy, Steve and Linda for all the hard work and hours they have
put into this project. TXGenWeb needs more volunteers like them so if
you are interested contact me.

WAUL'S TEXAS LEGION. A legion is a military unit composed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery
components. Waul's Texas Legion, the only true legion of Texas troops in the Confederate States army, was raised in and around Brenham in spring of 1862 by Thomas Neville
Waul. It originally consisted of twelve companies of infantry, six companies of cavalry, and a six-gun battery of field
artillery with a total complement of 2,000 men. The first infantry battalion was originally commanded by Lt. Col. Barnard Timmons and the second by Lt. Col. James
Wrigley. The cavalry battalion was first led by Lt. Col. Leonodias Willis and the artillery battery by Capt. William Edgar. In June 1862Capt. Wickelid's Co. D
was formed primarily of Austin County citizens of German birth.. The "Muster Roll" is included in this section of Austin County Civil War veterans.

Our thanks to Joy Neely who compiled most of this information. Additional information was added from other files.
However, most of the veterans in this section are not shown in our other pages. If you are aware of other records or can provide us with such records, please contact Jane Keppler.